Social interaction deficits and conversational inadequacy in Williams syndrome

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-173

  Stojanovik, Vesna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical development; Conversational inadequacy; Modularity; Social communication; Specific language impairment; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 31744446491     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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